And Now for Something(s) Completely Different

The Victoria Day weekend was truly, completely different - we didn't go to the cottage - in fact it isn't even open! My Beloved is in Europe so in his absence I was on evening drop off and very late/early pick up duty for Number One Son. I even spent a couple of evenings alone with the TV and my knitting - very, very rare. More rare still I barely cooked at all.

And my knitting was pretty different too!

I started the "Guernsy Style Bag" from Spring/Summer Debbie Bliss Knitting. Its red and its in a heavy cotton and its more pattern than I've worked in quite a while. It has no shaping, required no math or customization and I'm using the yarn and even the colourway recommended in the pattern!

It starts at the top of the bag with a new (to me) cast on they call "Guernsey Style"

...Wrap a double thickness of yarn (a separate strand from the working yarn) twice around the left thumb counter clockwise.

...Bring working yarn over

...Knit the four strands...

...then pull them tight around the bottom of the stitch to form a little decorative knob

The yarn overs lie down flat between each knotted knob, further accentuating them.

...Well suited to the overall look of the bag, easy, fun, new - something completely different on a very different kind of long weekend!

Thanks for dropping by!